A bill to amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.
This bill became law
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 25, 1998)
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit grants for public safety and community policing to be used to establish school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school resource officers who operate in and around elementary and secondary schools to combat school-related crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities.
Defines "school resource officer" to mean a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community-oriented policing, assigned by the employing police department or agency to work in collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to: (1) address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an elementary or secondary school; (2) develop or expand crime prevention efforts for students; (3) educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention and safety; (4) develop or expand community justice initiatives for students; (5) train students in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and crime awareness; (6) assist in the identification of physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the school; and (7) assist in developing school policy that addresses crime and recommend procedural changes.
What just happenedOct 27, 1998
Became Public Law No: 105-302.
Who’s behind it
- Oct 27, 1998PresidentE40000
Became Public Law No: 105-302.
- Oct 27, 1998BecameLaw36000
Became Public Law No: 105-302.
- Oct 27, 1998PresidentE30000
Signed by President.
- Oct 27, 1998BecameLaw36000
Signed by President.
- Oct 15, 1998FloorE20000
Presented to President.
- Oct 15, 1998President28000
Presented to President.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- Oct 9, 1998Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorH30300
Mr. McCollum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
- Oct 9, 1998FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10331-10334)
- Oct 8, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Oct 8, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 8, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee - Oct 8, 1998Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 8, 1998FloorH14000
Received in the House.
- Oct 7, 1998Floor
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11808)
- Oct 7, 1998Floor17000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11808)
- Sep 24, 1998Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
- Sep 24, 1998Committee
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 24, 1998Committee14000
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 24, 1998Committee
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Judiciary Committee - Jun 25, 1998IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jun 25, 1998IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7197-7198)
- Jun 25, 1998IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate